I am quite a sentimental person and have kept various things from throughout my life in a big box which I have called "my memory box". So I thought it would be a great idea to share them with everyone. This is the first instalment from the first five years of my life.
I was born on the 18th April, 1979. I had big bright blue eyes. Number one in the charts when I was born was "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel and it has now become one of my favourite songs. My mum was 21 and my dad was 24 when I was born. From what I was told I was a fairly good baby that didn't cry too much.
In my memory box of course I have photographs. Here is one of my mum holding me when I was 3 weeks old.
My mum and dad kept The Sun, Daily Express and Bath Evening Chronicle from the day I was born. In fact in one of the papers is the half filled out crossword my dad was doing whilst waiting for me to arrive. It's great looking through the papers especially at the adverts and the cost of things. You could buy a really nice home in Bath in Poets Corner for £27,000 back in 1979. Now houses in the same area cost £350,000 or more.
My parents also kept the newspaper from the 19th April with the announcement of my birth. Shame the papers couldn't spell Patricia correctly but still it's lovely to have.
Around the time there was a lot of talk about the general election coming up a couple of weeks after my birth so the papers were full of Margaret Thatcher. Whilst I know a lot of people didn't like her I decided about 10 years or so ago when I was collecting autographs to send off a page from one of my newspapers from the day I born with a picture of her on and ask her to sign it. I did worry about it a little as I didn't want to lose a page from the paper but I risked it and two months later she sent it back to me signed.
My parents also kept all the cards they received from my family and their friends. Some of the people I don't know but it's still cool to read through them. And also they kept one of my first dresses and a cardigan from when I did ballet aged 4 or 5 (I don't think I did it for very long though).
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| Birth cards |
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| Me aged 3 |
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| My first dress |
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| Ballet top |
The fact my parents kept all these items shows just how happy they were to have me. I love them so much and I love the fact that I still have all this as part of my memory box.
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As well as photos, I have some tiny dresses which I used to dress my dolls in, and some things my mum made for my dolls by hand. Also, my Tree Tots House, which is a bit worn out but was played with by some of my nephews too.
ReplyDeletemy teddy called Bruno but he is hidden away so the girls can't get him ;-)
ReplyDeleteI don't have anything from my childhood at all I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteYes, Ive kept my barbie collection (all 200ish barbies + house etc. ) thats still in my parents loft lol. :)
ReplyDeleteI still have my Paddington bear that I was given as a gift when I was three years old (so 36 years ago! EEK!) My parents had a huge clear out of their loft about over 10 years ago and they gave loads my toys and my siblings toys to charity - including StarWars figures which would have been worth a small fortune now had they known! I have memory boxes for each of my children and have everything in from scan photos, hospital bands, first tooth, curl, shoes, foot/hand prints etc! I find it hard to throw anything sentimental away so by the time they all leave home, they will have a memory crate each!
ReplyDeletetoy cars
ReplyDeleteMy Mum has kept a couple of pairs of my first shoes which I now have xxx
ReplyDeleteyes i have a wind up monkey that not only have my own children played with but now my grandson does too. I also have a memory box that i keep with the same sort of things in about my own children
ReplyDeleteI have a few old toys, some cards and photos and a bible and my bridesmaids dress and the bible I was given for being a bridesmaid aged 3. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a shawl, some teddies and lots of photos. Every now and again my mum gives me something, I'm sure just to clear out her clutter.
ReplyDeleteJust some photos,I wish I had kept other stuff though it's so nice to look back and remember
ReplyDeletei have my first pair of shoes :)
ReplyDeleteI have a bracelet from when i was a baby with my name on it
ReplyDeletejust photos and a couple of baby bangles thankyou
ReplyDeleteJust a very tatty teddy bear.
ReplyDeletemy baby teeth :P
ReplyDeleteI have a teddy which was made for me before I was born....Loads of photos and a few of my old school books :)
ReplyDeleteMy mum gave me my baby teeth a few weeks ago :(
ReplyDeleteVery liittle but I do have my old school reports and school magazines
ReplyDeleteI have my oldest teddy still :)
ReplyDeleteLots of photos and things like school reports etc that my mum kept!
ReplyDeleteAshleigh
I have a soft toy that I used to love as a child but that's all. I am keeping lots of things for my son when he is older - school work,cards, knitting my Mum did when he was a baby.
ReplyDeleteThe cardigan that my Mum knitted for me starting school. My little girl is about to start school, but it's the wrong colour!
ReplyDeleteI've got all my baby photos and Christening gifts.
ReplyDeleteJust lots of photos as a child
ReplyDeletemy books
ReplyDeleteI haven't kept anything from my childhood, although it would be great sometimes to have some lovely memory
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I have very little from my childhood except from my battered teddy bear. All our photos up to the age of 9 were lost (by accident) too. I can still remember some of them and I have many happy memories.
ReplyDeletenothing at all sadly,.
ReplyDeleteMy toy monkey Bobo that I used to take everywhere with me ( Melanie M )
ReplyDeleteMy sinclair ZX spectrum, and it still (mostly) works
ReplyDeletemy baby bracelet
ReplyDeleteAn orange teddy which is really threadbare.
ReplyDeleteSome toy cars that my younger brothers didn't totally wreck! Also some school art work!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I was in a few TV adverts, my Mum & Dad kept them all but unfortunately they're all on video & we no longer have a VCR! One day we'll get around to getting them converted to DVD! :) x
ReplyDeleteI kept several toys from my childhood and gave them to my daughter
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little my mum gave me these diamonds and told me they were special and to keep them safe.She thought me being a little kid I'd lose them within 5 seconds but I did keep them safe and still have them to this day.The trouble was they aren't real diamonds she just made it up thinking I'd lose them anyway.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of things I collected, like card books (from tea packs), other miscellaneous items. I was absolutely distraught when I was about 20, and my mum threw out my old (1st) tattered teddy without asking me (I was at University). I've never forgiven her for that one thing.
ReplyDelete(Spencer Broadley)
Like Heather I have nothing from my childhood
ReplyDeleteAll I have are photos & my hospital tag, it's all my parents kept.
ReplyDeleteI have loads of stuff, cards and telegrams congratulating my parents on my birth, and some magazines from when I was born. I've also got various teddy bears etc.
ReplyDeleteI have kept my battered teddy x
ReplyDeleteI have a toy popple that I had since i was 2
ReplyDeleteI have the teddy bear my Gran got for me when I was born, he's a little tatty now but he's safely put away in a box in my wardrobe.
ReplyDeletei have a teddy that is now 37 years old
ReplyDeleteI save everything. Got a few boxes under my bed, with birthday cards from when I was a child and toys, diary's, photos. You name it
ReplyDeleteNo. Things were got rid of to make room. Joy Portas
ReplyDeleteI have an old teddy rabbit with only one ear and one leg.. stuffed with straw. :)
ReplyDeleteMy teddy bear. Couldn't part with it.
ReplyDeleteI have a few bits and bobs, deffo an old teddy about 25 years old!
ReplyDeleteMy donkey hand puppet, he's about 20 years old now!
ReplyDeleteI haven't reallu kept much from my childhood, apart from photos
ReplyDeleteA giraffe teddy.
ReplyDeleteA few teddy bears & lots of photos. My parents (or rather my hoarder dad) have all my nursery/primary school books/pictures etc in their attic!
ReplyDeleteMy Train Set it's set up in the loft for my grandsons
ReplyDeletemy mum saved my 1st pair of shoes, now I have them
ReplyDeletei kept my favorite doll an old tatty baby talk
ReplyDeleteSome of my toys, but not as many as I wish
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of ballet shoes from when I was about 10.
ReplyDeletephotos and and baby teeth
ReplyDeleteI have kept my first teddy bear named Alice, She has a wind up music box which plays Brahms Lullaby in her.
ReplyDeleteMy koala teddy bear. He's 25 years old now and I still love him.
ReplyDeleteI've kept a few things but my most treasured item has to a hat my parents made me for the easter hat parade in school :D
ReplyDeleteMy teddy bear. My mum through out everything else when I was at University (I was not happy!)
ReplyDeleteLovely memories! I have a soft toy bunny which is a little worse for wear but was my favourite toy called sweetie pea x
ReplyDeleteMY WRIST BAND WITH MY NAME ON FROM WHEN I WAS BORN
ReplyDeleteKATHY D
Its funny the other day I was sorting a box out & a came across a few of my old diaries from senior school, what utter nonsense I used to write, but being a teenager it must have been so important to me at the time. My oldest possession are two teddy bears, that were given to my little brother when he was born, but every time he tough them he vomited so I claimed them, they are looking a bit worse for wear, with arms & leg having been stitched back on over time but I love them to bit.
ReplyDeletemy first teddy bear and a plait of my hair when I was first allowed to have it cut aged 10
ReplyDeleteI have a doll called Susie and it still cry's
ReplyDeleteafter divorce and burglary i sadly dont have much left but i do have photos and many many memories
ReplyDeleteI have books and teddies in my cupboard from my childhood but everything I have now is just at the back of the cu[board unused.
ReplyDeleteI've kept swimming certificates
ReplyDeletelovely to have nice memories.. i have lots of photos of me as a child but that's it
ReplyDeleteI still have my first teddy bear that I had as a baby
ReplyDeleteDolls and a few toys.
ReplyDeleteI have not managed to keep much, but I have a gonk pencil case. A rag doll made by my Granny, which sits in her room as she lives with us. Lovely to see your childhood memories, thanks.
ReplyDeleteschool records and tidbits I did that my mom kept. Of course pictures, last visit to my parents I scanned all the pictures they still had so I would have copies. They lost some in moves, but at least I have a permanent record of what still exists.
ReplyDeleteI have kept a soft,cuddly elephant toy that I have had since I was very young.It has been with me through all the house moves and I just couldn't part with it
ReplyDeleteI've got my lion toy Leo, a blanket, lots of photos and my mum kept all the pictures I've drawn and painted at nursery and school
ReplyDeletemy first ever teddy bear :)
ReplyDeleteI still have the outfit from my very first school play in reception class. I was a raindrop and my outfit was made out of one of my grandma's old bed sheets with blue foiled raindrop shaped pieces of paper stuck all over it and it has tinsel around the edges. Makes me smile thinking about it :)
ReplyDeleteI don't have anything from mine but I have kept various bits from when my children were babies
ReplyDeleteI've still got a book from my childhood, which is now 42 years old, I've also got a bible I was given when I was a bridesmaid, that's about the same age x
ReplyDeletea coin collection - I should probably sell it!!
ReplyDeletei saved the local and national papers on the days our children were born
ReplyDeleteNo. I've moved around too much.
ReplyDeleteI kept my toy Hippo
ReplyDeleteI haven't kept a lot, but I know that my mum keeps a lot of stuff. I made an Easter card in school using felt and some basic sewing and she kept it, I found it in a drawer a few years ago :)
ReplyDeleteI still have a little stuffed dog that I had as a child on my bedside cabinet :)
ReplyDeletevery little left of my childhood most of it was destroyed in a house fire
ReplyDeleteMy first earrings and christening bracelet, and a few toys i got from Disney world
ReplyDeleteMy teddy, Manfud :)
ReplyDeleteI have a letter opener sent by my french penfriend
ReplyDeleteI've still got all my old toys and books in the hope I would have a little girl someday...I've ended up having 3 boys :) x
ReplyDeleteI have my tags from the hospital, my first baby shoes, christening cards and the church programme with my name in it. For my own children I also kept a newspaper from the day they were born and have their birth cards, hospital tags, first shoes, first birthday cards, first football kit, dancing outfit etc. With our twins I kept their first outfits to remember how small they were and they were in Mother & Baby magazine in the November birthdays so I still have that copy. I'm not a hoarder at all but these are special things I felt if would be good to keep.
ReplyDeleteI have a Lego man that goes everywhere with me! I'm now 36 and still have it in my wallet.
ReplyDeleteYes, mum kept various family cards to me, some shoes, socks and a couple of dresses.
ReplyDeleteschool reading books
ReplyDeleteThe wrist tag from when I was born, it's tiny.
ReplyDeleteSome of my stuffed toys :)
ReplyDeleteI have some toy cars.
ReplyDeleteMy parents and I moved a lot when I was little and then they went travelling around Europe - which I am so pleased they did however the down side was that a lot of things from my childhood went missing or couldn't be kept - except for photos which we made sure we kept . So I am so aware of what I miss that I make sure I have kept a lot of my own childrens momentoes from Birth and I love scrapbooking everything. I also wish there had been camcorders back when I was little I would love to have seen me as a baby :)
ReplyDeletei have lots of books and my first pair of ballet shoes
ReplyDeleteI've kept a few dolls and a couple of teddy bears ;-) xx
ReplyDeletePuffles the teddy bear! He was my best pal and I could never get rid of him!
ReplyDeletemy christening dress & baby book with my mum's hand writing recording my weight gain..
ReplyDeletea couple of school reports of mine (not brilliant I'm afraid) birthday cards in an old scrap book and photos
ReplyDeleteI have about 20 dolls all dressed in National Dress.
ReplyDeleteMy bear, lots of photos and old cine films
ReplyDeleteA letter from my teacher when I was in y2 - saying thank you for buying her a present. It was just so lovely! :)
ReplyDeletei dont really have anything but i know my mother still has a piece of my hair from when i was about 3
ReplyDeleteMy teddy bear, he is about 50 and I have had to restuff him
ReplyDeleteI still have quite a few teddy bears stored away.
ReplyDeleteI still have my first Care Bear.
ReplyDeleteMy first shoes hospital band weighing card, theres not as much as my brother has. Second child syndrome I think lol
ReplyDeleteNope, not really. Most things were left when I ran away.
ReplyDeleteI have got a panda bear I got from London zoo when I was yung & have got a few school reports & photo's :)
ReplyDeleteI have school drawings, a lock of hair from my first haircut and story books, love looking at them
ReplyDeleteMy Teddybear - Posie!
ReplyDeletephotos and some school books
ReplyDeleteawesome ^_^
ReplyDeleteI also keep a memory box, its got all sorts of things in it, tickets from events certificates from school and photos :) xx
ReplyDeleteMum and Dad have loads of stuff in their loft - we keep meaning to go up and have a look through everything! I do have a little snoopy dog that I was given as a baby that my kids still play with now!
ReplyDeleteI have some toys that I have passed down to my children, lots of pictures and school records. I know somewhere in my dads house there are cards from my Mum and Dads friends and family welcoming me to the world too!
ReplyDeletemy teddy that i got off my grandma, when i was 18 months old, it is well loved and i still love it now - i am 38
ReplyDeleteMy mam died when I was small so nothing was kept. Except a book dating some if my first year of life.
ReplyDeleteIve got some teddies.
ReplyDeletea ring my dad bought me for my 5th birthday
ReplyDeletemy first teddy bear
ReplyDeleteNothing but my memories... and my birth certificate.
ReplyDeleteI have some little hand knitted cardigans that my nan knitted me when I was a baby and both of my children have worn them as part of their coming home outfits from hospital! xx
ReplyDeleteMost of my things were thrown away (not by me!) but I did find some things from my 1st Holy Communion recently
ReplyDeleteI've got my 1st teddy! @Amezeylady
ReplyDeleteI dont really have anything from my childhood, but I have made both my daughters memory boxes of their baby things (baby grows, cards, toys etc)
ReplyDeletePhotos
ReplyDeleteI still have my first bathing suit! so tiny!
ReplyDeleteI have not got anything from my childhood only treasured photo's,But i kept cards my children made at school for Mother's ,Christmas etc & i keep them in a scrap book.
ReplyDeleteA baby bracelet, some sindy dolls and a few books.
ReplyDeleteI have a teddy that i have had since birth
ReplyDeleteA tattered childs copy of Aesops Fables - it really helped me learning to read
ReplyDeleteI have some old school photos :)
ReplyDeleteA battered old Snoopy toy
ReplyDeleteloads of photos, my baby blanket and lots of teddy bears which my son plays with
ReplyDeletea bowling pin from the bowling alley i had my 6th birthday at.
ReplyDeleteschool report - just 1
ReplyDeleteI still have my teddy from when I was born
ReplyDeleteClaire D
A few of my favourite books that I've passed on!
ReplyDeleteI have rubbers from my rubber collection in the early 1980s and they still smell the same lol, maria blythin
ReplyDeleteStill have lots of teddies!
ReplyDeletephotos, oh wow embarrassing :)
ReplyDeleteBlankets my Gran knitted me, several Fisher Price toys (which my kids now play with) and I think my mom has my first Clarks shoes still stored away.
ReplyDeletePhoto and a few christening gifts
ReplyDeleteI found a blanket and some books the other day
ReplyDeleteMy teddy! :)
ReplyDeleteyes my doll sandra and my blanket which i will use for my children
ReplyDeleteSome photos.
ReplyDeleteRachel Craig
A cup and sugar bowl I made out of pottery and painted and had fired by an adult of course
ReplyDeleteMy mum kept a box with my wristband from hospital, first baby booties and blanket. There is actually loads of stuff still in their attic - she's a bit of a hoarder!
ReplyDeleteI have a blue hand ashtray, its glass and used to be my grandfathers, its tiny and used to fit the palm of my hand perfectly, now it fits my 4 year old daughter :)
ReplyDeleteIve kept the teddy I was given on the day I was born. His name was Mitty
ReplyDeleteI have kept a few soft toys, photographs, and I have a box of baby clothes, toys, etc. that my mum kept together after I was born :-)
ReplyDeleteI have a Disney Mickey Mouse watch from when I was about 5 years old, I am 33 now :)
ReplyDeleteI've kept my silver Blue Peter badge and my collection of Robertsons Golly brooches
ReplyDeleteA pretty wooden pencil box, with painted hinged lid - it sat on my desk through senior school days, college & all exams.
ReplyDeleteI think my mum has still got a plaster-cast bunny rabbit that I made and painted blue.
ReplyDeleteI haven't but my mum has got loads of toys & books in the attic. Don't know if she's got any baby stuff.
ReplyDeleteI have kept my very first teddy bear, and wouldn't part with it for the world
ReplyDeleteI've kept my Jem and the Hologram dolls.
ReplyDeleteI still have a Paddington bear i had from my childhood xxx
ReplyDeleteI have not kept anything from my childhood.
ReplyDeletenewspapers from the day they were born
ReplyDeleteI have kept my birthday cards, school books and two of my favourite dolls
ReplyDeletemy ballet medal - i only got the one!
ReplyDeleteive kept the first teddy I was given on the day I was born- he is very tattered but special!
ReplyDeleteI have saved some very similar things to you: the newspaper from the day I was born, cards from my birth, my first shoes and some soft toys.
ReplyDeleteI have not kept anything, but I have a lot of special memories.
ReplyDeletemy mother kept my christening cards and first haircut which she gifted to me a few years ago
ReplyDeleteSoft toy which i was given as a baby
ReplyDeleteYes I've kept my rainbow bright love heart pillow which my son now has!!
ReplyDeleteholy communion dress! :) faye x
ReplyDeleteI kept my Tiny Tears doll. She is in the loft wrapped in one of my mothers hand knitted cardigans (for the doll)
ReplyDeleteI was given a small jug when little, which I treasure as it's so pretty although the lip was damaged many years ago. I also remember picture books given to me by my aunt and am buying copies of these when I see them.
ReplyDeletea pottery bear that was the mascot of Olympics Moscow 1980, me dad worked in Russia and brought it home for me
ReplyDeleteI still have my old teddy...xx
ReplyDeleteI should being born on new years day, but sadly mum was too ill so no baby photos, I have teddy I collected from the greenshield stamp shop and my dads ironing board, which I pressure.
ReplyDeleteI still have my 62 year old Teddy Bear
ReplyDeleteI didn't have anything so for my wife me and the children built a box with shells from the beach. In it is anything she loved that they made, little bracelets, etc
ReplyDeleteI kept some of my dolls in the loft but found they disintegrate even though carefully packed.
ReplyDeleteComing from a minimilistic family i have nothing from my childhood and i have kept very few items from my childrens.
ReplyDeleteIve kept my first teddy which is very battered and worn at 32 years old but it now belongs to my daughter
ReplyDeletehelenjsoutham@hotmail.co.uk
A koala bear- he'll be 50- never seen another one!
ReplyDeleteMy cabbage patch dolls, I've got two and I really loved them as a child ( Alex Telford)
ReplyDeleteA book of poems my dad bought for me
ReplyDeleteI have a bear that my grandma gave me the day I was born.
ReplyDeletenothing has been kept from my childhood :(
ReplyDeleteMy favourite books.
ReplyDeleteI have my building beakers which my Grandchildren now use, also a Christmas decoration that I made at infant school comes out every year.
ReplyDeleteMy teddy whos now more holes than teddy.
ReplyDeleteI have loads from my childhood and i'm pleased to say I have passed most of it on to my daughter. My little rocking chair now sits in her room, she wears one of my nighties to bed and has my baby pillow for her teddies
ReplyDeletemy teddy from when i was 3 years old- im 33 now
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